Gary M Takahashi

Alcides Escobar drove in the game-winning run in the bottom of the 11th inning as the Kansas City Royals completed a three-game sweep of the Cleveland Indians with a 7-6 win on Thursday at Kauffman Stadium.Eric Hosmer got the rally started with a single leading off the frame, moved to second on a

Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker has fended off four challengers in a Republican primary to win his party's nomination for a second term.

Japan's financial regulator disciplined the brokerage unit of Nomura Holdings Inc. Friday with a "business improvement order" for its role in leaks of insider information, reports said.

Japan's Financial Services Agency on Friday ordered Nomura Holdings Inc. (8604.TO) to improve its operations after a string of insider trading cases that have put Japan's biggest brokerage under scrutiny over the past few months.

The gloom gathering around Japan's struggling electronics industry darkened Friday as investors spooked by Sharp Corp.'s (6753.TO) steep losses and perceived strategy fumbles sent the shares skidding to lows not seen for nearly 40 years, wiping nearly a third off the company's value.

Philex Mining Corp. (PX.PH) has suspended operations at its Padcal copper-gold mine after the mine's tailings pond was flooded in the wake of Typhoon Saola that hit northern Philippines early this week, the company said in a statement to the stock exchange Friday.

As Sharp Corp.'s (6753.TO) shares plunged as much as 30% Friday, its Taiwanese partner Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. (2317.TW) said that the company hopes to pursue a larger stake in Sharp if the struggling Japanese consumer electronics maker is willing to sell more.

Business activity in China services sector improved at a faster rate in July than in the month before on an increase in new order volumes, according to an HSBC survey released Friday.

Dragged by a weak performance from the real-estate sector, China's official non-manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index fell to 55.6 in July from 56.7 in June, likely adding to market concerns about a sharp and continuous slowdown in the world's second-largest economy.